Postoperative delirium and postoperative cognitive dysfunction in the elderly - what are the differences?

Minerva Anestesiologica

Volumn 77, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 742-749

  Krenk, L ^a,b   Rasmussen, L S ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b Lundbeck Centre for Fast track Hip and Knee Arthroplasty   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aged; Anesthesia; Cognition; Delirium; Postoperative complications

Indexed keywords

HALOPERIDOL; PLACEBO;

ALGORITHM; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DELIRIUM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAJOR SURGERY; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OFF PUMP SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL PATIENT;

AGED; COGNITION DISORDERS; DELIRIUM; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79959529895     PISSN: 03759393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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